Species Tolerances

• Drought Tolerance: Medium
• Shade Tolerance: No
• Waterlogging Tolerance: Low
• Frost Tolerance (trees from warmer climates may be frost tolerant, but their flowers may not be): Yes
• RHS Hardiness: H6
• Optimum Conditions for Growth:
  A fast growing, tall and spreading tree. Prefers acidic to neutral, well drained soil such as sandy loam, and avoids limestone. Needs a sunny location (will not fruit well in shade). Grown as a coppice in southern lowland Britain.
• Susceptibility to Pest/Disease:
  Susceptible to sweet chestnut blight, a major threat (but a contained, notifiable disease), can host phytophthora ramorum, P.cinnamomii, P.cambivora. Oriental chestnut gall wasp (notifiable pest and the only pest to cause galls on Sweet chestnut).

Service to Pollinators

• Summary of Service to Pollinators:
  A very good source of nectar and pollen and produces a honey which often contains a percentage of honeydew making it darker. The tree secretes nectar best in hot summers.
• Nectar Value to Pollinators: 3 (of 0-3)
• Honeydew Value to Pollinators: 1 (of 0-3)
• Pollen Value to Bees: 3 (of 0-3)
• Flowering Period: July

Risks

• Human Toxicity: Non-toxic
• Livestock Toxicity: Non-toxic
• Invasive Risk: No
• Suckering: No

Utility

• Nitrogen Fixation: No
• Organic Matter Accumulation: Yes
• Phytoremediation: Insufficient Data
• Deacidification: Insufficient Data
• Windbreak: No
• Soil Erosion Control: Yes
• Shade or Shelter: Yes
• Plant Support: Insufficient Data
• Integrated Pest Management: Insufficient Data
• Wildlife Value: Yes
• Wildlife Value Summary:
  Good biodiversity providing leaves for a large number of micro moths and provides nuts for a wide range of mammals especially red squirrels
• Graduated Nativeness Classification
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  1. Historic Native
  2. Historic Introduction
  9. Neutral Introduction
  
  : 2 (of 1-10)